Scenery pictures, what does your world look like............

[deserteagle71]

Towering drill rig - drilling a new geothermal well not far from me for a proposed geothermal electrical generating plant.

Nearly 40 years ago, one of those drill rigs was parked about 15 miles north of the above location. They struck a good supply of hot water and steam; the resulting power plant has been generating electricity ever since. Unfortunately, Nevada gets no benefit from it - all the power is sent to southern California.

 

[dragoneggs]

There sure seems a lot of potential in Nevada for geothermal systems! The company I work for is located on the Carson City Airport and just made another expansion and added more geothermal right next to the building addition.

 

[deserteagle71]

There sure seems a lot of potential in Nevada for geothermal systems! The company I work for is located on the Carson City Airport and just made another expansion and added more geothermal right next to the building addition.

Absolutely! Hot springs every few miles. 15 miles south of my house the road passes through an area of hot springs...during hot weather you'd never know they were there but on a cold winter morning the steam can be seen for miles...

Someone piped the water into two watering troughs here; there's seats inside so one can sit and soak. Much too hot for me, though!

The biggest problem to putting up geothermal generating plants isn't the lack of hot water or steam. It's the "antis" - the people and organizations that sue over any kind of development. I'm reading in the paper that the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club are trying to stop the geothermal plant proposed in my first photo because there is a small frog in a wet area a few miles away that MIGHT be threatened by this power plant. Me - I just wish I had a geothermal spring on my property so I wouldn't have to pay for heat in the winter!

 

[kenmbz]

First bees of the season-Not sure if photos are uploading??

 

[ArlyA]

Gee Ken, you guys are sure ahead of us.

 

[Oldpath05]

Absolutely! Hot springs every few miles. 15 miles south of my house the road passes through an area of hot springs...during hot weather you'd never know they were there but on a cold winter morning the steam can be seen for miles...
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Someone piped the water into two watering troughs here; there's seats inside so one can sit and soak. Much too hot for me, though!
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The biggest problem to putting up geothermal generating plants isn't the lack of hot water or steam. It's the "antis" - the people and organizations that sue over any kind of development. I'm reading in the paper that the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club are trying to stop the geothermal plant proposed in my first photo because there is a small frog in a wet area a few miles away that MIGHT be threatened by this power plant. Me - I just wish I had a geothermal spring on my property so I wouldn't have to pay for heat in the winter!

Not sure I know why ants are the problem. I wonder, I do alot of wondering,,, geothermal creates hot water, the hot water is under ground which interns creates hot ground, hot ground keeps snow off so that's why snow is only on mountain tops.

I never head of geothermal causing any problems for people living above, just only to some that are more concern about frogs when trying to harness natural energy to make clean power, seems like no matter what the power source is theres always an issue by some group about something. I'm just glad I dont live on top of hot ground caused by coal burning underneath, let the Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club do something about Centralia, Pennsylvania and save those frogs.... Town With Underground Fire That Inspired Silent Hill Is Uninhabitable | Massive Engineering Mistakes - YouTube

 

[k0ua]

If every one of those frogs were to die today, who would even know or care. There have been millions/billions of diverse species that have died out on this earth and do you miss them?

 

[lman]

First bees of the season-Not sure if photos are uploading??

No active bees here today. Just snow as pictured.

 

[kuschneider]

My daily view sucks, suburbia...by I did include some pics out the back door of my 20 acres in Mid MO. Some are from the back porch, some from the deer stand, and some some after the hunt

 

[cqaigy2]

If every one of those frogs were to die today, who would even know or care. There have been millions/billions of diverse species that have died out on this earth and do you miss them?

Nice pictures!


What I don't miss, having to hear about people being all het up about not being able to kill off stuff for their own convenience.